Trump says China has to give US magnets or face 200% tariff

It does feel like the franticness is picking up at the moment.

It's like a guy who views the world through Twitter and the output of his algorithm has gotten more arbitrary and shrill...

Like painting the border fence, wtf?

Hard to really get a good feel for his comments, but his public statements in front of cameras also seem more awkward and straight up confused as well.

Imagine a 12 year old who thinks they know everything. Their attention span can be measured in seconds and every time they they see something shiny they go into a daze or on a tangent. This is the Presidency of the USA at the moment. He lacks any coherent thought or strategy. Even those he has placed in powerful positions are in over their heads (Tulsi, Hegseth, etc).

I see China as a threat and in no way side with them but, my take is he can threaten China as much as he wants, yeah they've got problems but they also can respond. Can you imagine if they stopped selling the chemicals required for the pharma industry to India and others? Half the US would drop dead in about 6 months. If I were them, I would encourage his 200% tariff that Americans would end up paying for. Lets see how it works out for Trump.

We are on the cusp of the tariffs already in place starting to bite, for wealthy people it won't matter, but for the middle class and poor it is going to suck.